THE SECRET DIARY OF ARNOLD DOUWES. Rescue in the Occupied Netherlands
Language: English
Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 2019
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During the German occupation of the Netherlands, Arnold Douwes was an itinerant gardener who in late 1942 became a member of an active resistance group in the eastern Netherlands organized in and around the village of Nieuwlande which sheltered those on the run from political or racial persecution--mostly adult Jews. His diary provides a highly detailed description of his day-to-day activities. . The book contains photographs, maps, a glossary, biographical sketches, and an index. This copy is clean and solid. In unread condition.
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- Title
- THE SECRET DIARY OF ARNOLD DOUWES. Rescue in the Occupied Netherlands
- Author
- Douwes, Arnold
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Pictorial Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0253044189
- ISBN 13
- 9780253044181
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
In the Netherlands, the myth that resistance to Nazi occupation was high among all sectors of the population has retained a strong hold, and yet many Dutch Jews fell victim to deportation and annihilation in the camps of Eastern Europe. How could a country that prided itself on its tolerance, adherence to legal norms, and democratic government have been the site of such an enormous tragedy? Even while Nazi arrests of Jews were taking place, Arnold Douwes, a gardener and restless adventurer, headed a clandestine network of resistance and rescue. Douwes had spent time in the United States and France and was arrested several times by the police after his return to the Netherlands in 1940. Keenly aware that he was doing something important, he started a diary in the summer of 1943. He hid some 35 small notebooks in jam jars at safe houses in the vicinity of his base in Nieuwlande (Drenthe). After the war, he dug the notebooks up and transcribed them, adding several postwar sections with scrupulous notations. Bob Moore has translated Douwes's diary into English for the first time, and he and co-editor Johannes Houwink ten Cate have added a historical and contextual introduction, annotations, and a glossary for readers who may not be familiar with Dutch technical terms or places. Organized chronologically, and remaining largely as Douwes originally wrote it, the diary sheds light on the successes―and failures―of this important Dutch rescue network.
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About the Author
Arnold Douwes (1906–1999) was an itinerant Dutch horticulturalist who spent time in the United States as well as his native Netherlands and ran a rescue network during the German occupation. He was designated as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1965.
Bob Moore is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Sheffield. He has published extensively on the history of Western Europe in the mid-twentieth century, including Victims and Survivors: The Nazi Persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands, 1940–1945; Resistance in Western Europe; Refugees from Nazi Germany and the Liberal European States (with Frank Caestecker); and Survivors: Jewish Self-Help and Rescue in Nazi-Occupied Western Europe.
Johannes Houwink ten Cate is Professor Emeritus of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands and the persecution of the Jews. His many publications include an introduction (with Dan Michman) to an edition of the war diary letters of Mirjam Bolle-Levie.
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